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• earned an MFA in creative writing from Antioch International in London.

• lives in rural Wisconsin, just outside Green Bay, on a small, still pond.

• earned honorable mention in the Hal Prize (2021) for the poem “Haircut.”

• achieved runner-up in the Princemere Prize for the poem “Owl.”

• won Etchings Press’s poetry chapbook contest for Vaginas Need Air (2020).

• won Skyrocket Press’s novel writing contest for The Fergus (2019).

• published a poetry chapbook Stashed: A Primer in Lunch Poems independently, a daughter’s gift book (2019).

• published a poetry chapbook Canned with Finishing Line Press (2014).

• published poetry and reviews that have appeared in a wide variety of print and online journals.

• interested in in mixed media collaborations. Poetry and dance. Poetry and visual art. Poetry and advertising. Blogs and creative nonfiction.

• in love with broadsides, a format originally developed during the Industrial Revolution for the printing of ephemera.

• earned a certificate in photography and digital arts in order to expand creativity.

• self-taught website designer. Enjoys creating the world more beautiful for friends, family, fellow writers and clients.

• volunteers and advocates for poetry with Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets (wfop.org), serving as web manager, regional VP, organizing virtual craft workshops and co-creator of Bramble Literary Magazine.

• enjoys a varied professional career with stints at an advertising agency, multiple broadcast TV stations, a radio station group, cable TV and the marketing department of a state university.

• held positions across the gamut: administrator, copywriter, project manager, creative director, media planner/negotiator, account manager, communications manager, national sales manager, local sales manager, digital sales manager, director of sales and marketing manager.